A selection of the courses we run to develop Meeting & Committee Skills. If you would like a quote to run any of the courses below, please contact us via the contact page on the website. We will get back to you within 24 hours.

Chairing Meetings Well
Chairing Meetings well requires a certain amount of knowledge and skill to get everybody involved and keep the meeting on track. This course will give particpants both the knowledge and the skills to be able to do this. We run this course as a half day, if you don't have much time to spare or as a full day where we give particpants more opportunity to practise the skills required to be an effective chairperson. It covers:
 -identifying what makes a good chairperson
- the real role of the chairperson in meetings
- introducing a behavioural framework for effectve meetings
- developing amplifier meetings & the behaviour to do this
-  keeping control over participation & structure

Minute Taking
Taking minutes can be very stressful. This half day course will cover all you need to make you more confident when taking minutes. It covers:
- what are minutes for
- what to actually write down
- recording the key actions & decisions
- how to work as a team with the Chairperson
- how to present minutes

Roles & Responsibilities of a Management Committee
Everyone who is on a Management Committee or Board of Trustees should know about their responsibilites and how to fulfil them. This introductory half day session covers all the basics for anyone new to a committee or who would like to check out their knowledge.
 It covers:
- the responsibilites of a management committee
- who should be doing what, the Chairperson, the Secretary, the Treasurer
- what do we need to know as a committee member
- getting the committee to work as a team

.National Occupational Standards for Trustees
The National Occupational Standards for Trustees (NOS) are very useful benchmarks against which to measure the standards of Trustees and Committee Members. They comprise of 4 Units and through them define a framework for good practice, based on the functions of the 'job'.

We run sessions on NOS for Trustees as either 4 short 2 hour sessions or a full day. These session introduce trustees to the units and work through to identify any gaps in the committees skills and knowledge ensuring that they are familiar with the level of skills and knowledge they require to carry out specific tasks.